THE EAGLE AND ME
From the Broadway Show "Bloomer Girl" (1944)
(E.Y. Harburg / Harold Arlen)
Dooley Wilson (Stage Production) - 1944
Bing Crosby - 1944
Lena Horne - 1944
Carmen McRae - 1958
Van Dyke Parks - 1970
Susannah McCorkle - 1981
Shirley Horn - 1987
Betty Bennett - 1990
Also recorded by: Barbara Cook; Brock Peters;
Leon Bibb; Greenwood Singers; Faith Winthrop.
River it like to flow
Eagle it like to fly
Eagle it like to feel
Its wings against the sky
Possum it like to run
Ivy it like to climb
Bird in the tree and bumble bee
Want freedom in autumn or summertime
Ever since that day
When the world was an onion
"Twas natch'ral for the spirit
To soar and play
The way the Lawd'a-wanted it
Free as the sun is free
That's how it's gotta be
What ever is right
For bumble bee and river and eagle
Is right for me
We gotta be free
The eagle and me.
(Contributed by Ferda Dolunay - January 2004)